Gallia Romana
Notice
| City | Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, 31) |
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| Resource type | Manuscript |
| Date | 1599 |
| Inscription | |
| References | Platter A λ V, f. 374v°= Keiser 1968, p. 409 |
| Bibliography | Keiser 1968 ; Labrousse 1968, pp. 445-455 ; Le Roy Ladurie 1995 ; Le Roy Ladurie 2000 ; Domergue/Pailler/Rico/Sincker 2002, pp. 242-250 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 77, 98 |
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Transcription
Keiser 1968 ; Labrousse 1968, pp. 445-455 ; Le Roy Ladurie 1995 ; Le Roy Ladurie 2000 ; Domergue/Pailler/Rico/Sincker 2002, pp. 242-250 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 77, 98
The vestiges in question could not have been the amphitheatre (1st century), which was situated some 4 km south of the town on the left bank of the Garonne River, in the suburb of Purpan. They may have been those of the ‘Château Narbonnais’ and the ‘Porte Narbonnaise’ destroyed in the middle of the 16th century
« Bey dem ort, daß man die Inquisition nennet, sicht man noch ettliche stuck vom (amphitheatro) schauwplatz »
= Near the place known as the ‘Inquisition’, one can see several remnants of the entertainment venue (amphitheatre)…